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Sunday, 16 August 2026 · Global Edition · Updated 15:25 CST
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A burglar used a Waymo to steal yoga clothes in San Francisco — and got away with it

The incident helps shed some new light on how Waymo treats and stores the footage captured by its robotaxis.

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Cash App launches a wand for tap-and-pay

Cash App plans to launch more tap-to-pay tags

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Waymo’s spent robotaxi batteries will be used as grid storage

The company announced a deal with B2U Storage Solutions to repurpose the battery packs as Waymo pulls them off the road.

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Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation as investors hunger for fintechs with an AI story

Ramp has nearly tripled its valuation over the past year as investors scramble to grab a part of the fast-growing startup.

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Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.

The California startup released the fourth-generation of its home assistance robot, Stretch.

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Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to lure Westerners into sharing sensitive information

The advisory warns that Chinese spies are using public job search platforms to recruit people with access to non-public information.

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Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital haul

The legendary abandons its more than 20 year tradition of keeping its funds to about $425 million.

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Quick-commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in 9 months

The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of launch.

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It doesn't feel very agricultural: The 2026 Subaru Solterra review

Subaru's badge-engineered SUV remains on sale alongside the new Trailseeker.

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How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems

Hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

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My SSN was exposed in a breach at Columbia—a school I have no connection with

Columbia admits last year’s data breach exposed victims beyond its students, staff.

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Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/google-employees-internally-share-memes-about-how-its-ai-sucks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400311 Points: 24 # Comments: 4

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Several Injured in Boeing 787 Nose-Gear Collapse in Frankfurt

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/lufthansa-787-jet-suffers-front-wheel-collapse-frankfurt-gate-2026-06-04/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400242 Points: 26 # Comments: 17

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KVarN: Native vLLM KV-cache quantization back end by Huawei

Article URL: https://github.com/huawei-csl/KVarN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399974 Points: 17 # Comments: 4

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Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

Hi HN, we’re Nick and Drew, and we’re building boxes.dev – the first cloud-only agentic dev environment (ADE) that gives every Codex and Claude Code agent its own cloud computer. We’re two engineers who previously built Gem (co-founder/CTO and first

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